Angola have arrived ahead of Saturdays Caf Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) 2nd round, final return leg qualifier against Zambia to be played at Konkola Stadium in Chililabombwe on Saturday.
Palacas Negras landed in Ndola just before 17:00 today Thursday on a chartered plane from Luanda with 18 players, 7 technical staff plus an entourage of over 30 officials, media and supporters.
Angolan coach Mabi de Almeida said he had come to Zambia seeking a reversal of fortunes after suffering a rare home loss to Zambia in Luanda who beat them 1-0 in the two sides 1st leg match played on November 30.
“I understand the situation we are in,” Almeida said. “Even if we lost we are willing to fight.”
The match will kickoff at 14:00 that is fast becoming the traditional kickoff time at Konkola.
14:00 kickoffs have been the norm at Konkola with every international match played there since June 16, 2007 when Zambia hosted Chad in an Africa Cup, Group 11 as a safety measure following the death of 12 fans there in another qualifier at the same venue 14 days earlier against Congo-Brazzaville.
Meanwhile, Zambia has been boosted ahead of their final lge CHAN clash against Angola by the recovery of defenders Hichani Himoonde(knee) of Lusaka Dynamos and Mulenga Nyambe (Toothache) from Zesco United.
However, Power Dynamos goalkeeper Rabson Muchelenganga is ruled out due to injury.
Winner from Saturdays game will book their place in next years inaugural CHAN tournament to be hosts by Cote d’Ivoire from February 22 to March 8.
The final tournament draws will be made in Abidjan on December 26.
CHAN is a tournament exclusively for home-based national team players.
nambala 1
#2 nachedwa
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Go go go go go og chipolopolo. Am behind u guys. ZAMBIA chalo chesu. wat do u have to say guys
#2 today i beat u
:)>- namba shikishi
you see it just takes practice 😉
YA I know now sony. thanks. Now wat do u think about our boys?
Am selling my Dogs i cant afford to feed them mealie meal is expensive :((
Boyz please dnt let us down twapapata i will be there, Any ladies that want free tickets please call me i have 40 tickets to give to ladies only please not Bulls
Should nyama soya go and watch football? I think he will sleep even before kick off after he has greeted players and officials.
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nambala ma to..le yakwa wi..so
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nambala 1 ni we bo natuka
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LT some photos please
In soccer we enjoy that
It is a game not worth talking about.
#20 Zowona uli Nkumba, they people will talk about about you.
THIS IS SOCCER guys. May be the Zambia women team should play against Angola on Saturday. They can soccer baba..
The Homeless team’s road to the finals
December 2, 2008
Zambia 6-1 Paraguay
Uganda 1-6 Zambia
December, 3rd 2008
Krygzstan 4-5 Zambia
December 4, 2008
Cameroon 0-17 Zambia
Zambia 4-1 Liberia
December 5, 2008
Zambia 10-1 Zambia
Australia 1-18 Zambia
Semi-finals- Dec 6
Zambia 10-0 Krygzstan
Final-Dec; 7
Zambia 7-1 Liberia
Wishing our boys all the best. If our homeless women team can impress, why not you?
**==**==**==Bashetani mwilatubepa ubufi. nimwe mulepwisha bandwidth ya ba bwana benu. 06:00hrs pa net. Muklala mu sitting room?
A policeman spotted a jay walker and decided to challenge him, ‘Why are you trying to cross here when there’s a zebra crossing only 20 metres away?’
‘Well,’ replied the jay walker, ‘I hope it’s having better luck than me.’
Bakapuli you should win.
Ba Zambia iyeee fikolopelo iyee fikolopelo nalelo balusa iyeee fikolopelo.Sorry guys the chipolopolo boys died in the plane crush.
FIKOLPELO BOYS 0-4 Angola
No. 20 Chikumba, I agree with you thats why I am putting my money on Angola. I must say I have gained respect for Angola with the archievements they have made since the end of war.
Go Angola Go, Viva kamarada!:d:d:d
Wishing you all our best to win this game as you know its part of our preparatory match to the africa/world cup finals.
Go boys i will support you to the end just never relax,be hungry for goals and more goals.i have noticed that most of the times that we play home we just are a disaster.this time please boys play as if it is your last game.i believe we are capable
I can see from the comments that this whole Bola issue is not worth leaving my cud chewing, let the women play am sure we will win with them, mmmmmheeeee!Jocker you suck!
I used to be a ardent soccer fan but the spirit was lost with the perish of Chipolopolo boys……The second squard brought some hope but the current crop of boys are all RUBISH!!!!!!They can only play for a season or two and they are already finished by drinking too much kachasu or whisk
Ba zambia iyeeeee :-\”
For better for worse. Zambia is my country. Go Go Go boys Go Chipolopolo iyeeeee. Am wishing you all the best Boys **==
Wish our team success. But remeber angola should not be underated
Go boys but please dont be over confident because you beat them last week………Try to improve on goal scoring.
All the best boyz
cbAUUT